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Arco Chemical Co., a division of Atlantic Richfield Co., announced the construction of new facilitie

Corpus Christi Petrochemical Co. agreed to acquire the butadiene facility of El Paso Products Co.

Finance Minister Kiichi Miyazawa denied speculation in Japan that U.S. Treasury Secretary James Bake

Mexico's underground economy - unreported deals and sales of illegal drugs and contraband - has grow

JAPAN INDONESIA - Up to 80 billion yen ($516 million) in credits in fiscal 1986 for economic

Frequent flier programs have proved to be such a boon for the passenger side of the airline busines

Nissan Plans to Expand UK Production PlantNissan, the Japanese automaker, announced a 300 m

Two Indian machinery manufacturers, Larsen and Toubro Ltd. of Bombay and Kirloskar Bros. Ltd. of Poo

When Oscar Wilde arrived in New York in 1918, he told customs officials, I have nothing to declare b

GENERAL NEWSLabor Secretary William Brock cautioned that Social Security taxes are as high a

CAP Air/Ocean Inc. of Houston and Rider Distributors Inc., Hialeah, Fla.,applied to the Fede

The difficulties associated with insuring liabilities in the United States will be one of the main i

A teen-ager has been sentenced to one year in prison for broadcasting a false distress signal that t

Frota Amazonica Finds New Berth at Red HookFrota Amazonica's vessels calling at the port of

United Kingdom ships made a net contribution of 745 million ($1.1 billion) to the country's oversea

More than 34 percent of total international cargo handled at Canadian ports either originates in or

Even with smaller wheat harvests in the United States and the Soviet Union, the world supply of brea

The U.S. dollar moved higher Friday against major foreign currencies because of the report of U.S. j

E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Co. announced it completed acquisition of the Ford Motor Co.'s paint asse

Cuba, one of Latin America's largest net oil importers, is feeling a double impact from lower world

Sweden's air freight industry looks set to undergo a number of major changes over the next 12 months

For the week ended Aug. 23, 1986, total piggyback freight hauled on the nation's major railroads equ

Gov. George Deukmejian signed a bill that capped a decades-old battle by changing the state tax on m

Two California companies and a Korean citizen who is an officer of both were named as defendants in

Freightliner Corp. gained some ground and regained some workers in the shifting battle for heavy-dut

The stock market faces conflicting indications and crosscurrents galore, analysts said. Al H

The insurance industry will have to wait until close to the end of the month to find out if its effo

Options and futures traders here said they welcome the London InternationalFinancial Futures

CAPITAL CHATTER: A bitter fight is brewing between United Parcel Service and Federal Express and sho

U.S. coal exporters won't stand to gain much from the prospect of coordinated sanctions on South Afr

Pittston Chief Sees Decline in EarningsGREENWICH, Conn. - Paul W. Douglas, chairman and chie

The hijacking of a Pan American World Airways jumbo jet last week in Karachi, Pakistan, came at a ti

For the stock market, the 1986 tax bill is indeed a landmark event, since it brings an end to the ti

The negative trend in corporate rating changes may ease over the next few quarters, according to a s

Pink clapping rabbits and squawking robots joined the clamor at the Tokyo Toy Fair last week, but th

August's limited job market improvements may be signaling gains in the manufacturing sector but caut

Domestic car sales in late August paled in comparison to record gains of a year ago, but U.S. automa

International Longshoremen's Association delegates accepted a new contract pro posal from the New Yo

Six container leasing companies said the Federal Maritime Commission should drop its investigation i

Injecting Cells Can Aid Damaged LiversWASHINGTON- Tiny beads coated with functioning liver c